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Executive Perspectives on Project Management: Getting Commitment from Your Executives and Keeping Their Attention Nick Schacht, PMP Wednesday, February 8, 2006 6:00 pm - 9:00pm Please join us on Wednesday evening, February 8, 2006, as Nick Schacht, PMP , President and CEO of Learning Tree International, shares with our chapter at our next monthly meeting. Nick will be speaking on “Executive Perspectives on Project Management: Getting Commitment from Your Executives and Keeping Their Attention .” Our meeting will be held at the Blair Mansion Inn in Silver Spring, Maryland. One of the biggest challenges facing any project manager is gaining the senior management commitment necessary to get a project going and keep it on track, and then keeping that commitment and attention throughout the project duration. Notorious for short attention spans, executives sometimes seem to speak a different language --and learning that language can be a key survival and success skill for today’s project managers. This session will provide insight into executive perspectives (from a former project manager turned executive). Key points will include the following: Motivating and interesting executives --and inspiring their commitment Using the right (and wrong) language --how your words drive your results Communicating effectively --patterns and protocols Handling disasters --what to do when things go wrong Event details: Event:   February 8, 2006 PMI-SSC Meeting Date:   Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Time:   6:00 pm: Networking; 7:00 pm: Dinner; 8:00 pm: Presentation Location:   Blair Mansion Inn, Silver Spring, MD Cost:   $30 (online or by check in the mail), $35 at the door Speaker:   Nick Schacht, PMP Topic:   “Executive Perspectives on Project Management: Getting Commitment from Your Executives and Keeping Their Attention ” Nick Schacht is President and Chief Executive Officer of Learning Tree International. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of the world’s leading vendor-independent provider of IT and management training. For 31 years, Learning Tree has met the professional development needs of technology and management professionals around the world. Offering courses in more than 25 countries each year, Learning Tree has trained more than 1.6 million people to date. Nick joined Learning Tree as its Chief Operating Officer in 2002. Prior to joining Learning Tree, Nick was President of GlobalLearningSystems, an e-Learning product and service developer and integrator. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Group President, Americas for the Institute for International Research (IIR). From 1989 to 1998, Nick held key roles in ESI International, starting as a Program Manager and culminating as its President. His earlier positions included being a Research Fellow with the Logistics Management Institute, and a Supply Officer in the U.S. Navy. Nick graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. He also holds a Master of General Administration degree from the University of Maryland University College (1984) and a Master of Science degree (Information Systems Technology) from The George Washington University (1986). He is a Project Management Professional (Retired). Note: For more information about future PMI-SSC meetings and events, or for comments/questions about this website, please contact Rusty Richards (rusty@pmi-ssc.org).